August, 2017

• 8 August

  New energy vehicles club to boost e-vehicle market

  

  DUBAI / WAM To support the transition of the automotive industry towards green mobility and the recent initiatives taking places in the UAE, the New Energy Vehicles Club has been created under the umbrella of the Clean Energy Business Council (CEBC) at the initiative of ENGIE, an energy company, charging station manufacturer and board member of the CEBC. The creation ...

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• 8 August

  TEDxFujairah to gather tech, design experts

  

  FUJAIRAH / WAM The Fujairah Chamber of Commerce and Industry is organising TEDxFujairah on August 11 under the theme “Think Deeper, Time to Break Barriers.” The Technology, Entertainment and Design, TEDx, Programme is designed to help communities, organisations and individuals to spark conversations and make connecti- ons through local TEDx-like experiences. Seven talented young minds will speak about their innovative ...

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• 8 August

  Smart Dubai chosen to co-chair UN’s ITU working group

  

  Dubai / WAM Smart Dubai, the government office leading Dubai’s smart city transformation, has been selected by the United Nations’ International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to co-chair the global Working Group on Data Economy, Commercialisation and Monetisation. The announcement was made at the ITU’s meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, where the Union, as the UN’s main body handling information and communications technology ...

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• 8 August

  UAE mobile subscribers hit 18.7mn in H1

  ABU DHABI / WAM The subscription base in UAE mobile phone services expanded 2.4 percent during H1 2017 to 18.7 million subscribers from 18.26 million in the corresponding period last year. The growth reflects the vibrant and robust nature of the UAE’s telecommunications sector which is considered a significant mainstay of the economy. According to recent data released by Etisalat, ...

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• 8 August

  ‘Dubai Font’ story to be aired on Emirates

  DUBAI / Emirates Business Emirates airline announced a partnership with The General Secretariat of The Executive Council of Dubai, which will see it air a video describing the ‘Dubai Font’ story to flyers from around the world. Designed to reflect the modernity and culture of innovation that exists within Dubai, the video will see the city further cement its reputation ...

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• 8 August

  London broadcasters may relocate: Brexit

  

  Bloomberg At a glass-wrapped industrial estate in London north of the River Thames, Brexit is giving global broadcasters a headache. From a screen-packed, server-filled studio, Discovery Communications Inc.—home of channels including Animal Planet and Eurosport—transmits more than 120 TV feeds into Europe. Across the road, Walt Disney Co. licenses foreign language versions of its popular kids channels beamed to the ...

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• 8 August

  SNC-Lavalin targets Canada projects

  

  Bloomberg Canada’s biggest builder is keeping its focus at home even as US President Donald Trump pledges to ramp up infrastructure spending next door. SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. is bidding on projects such as light-rail lines in Ottawa and Toronto and a $4.7 billion rapid-transit system for Montreal, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau follows through on a pledge to invest C$120 ...

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• 8 August

  Volkswagen offers ‘rebates’ in Germany

  Bloomberg Volkswagen AG is offering as much as 10,000 euros ($11,800) to drivers in Germany willing to trade in older diesel cars for a newer auto, intensifying a push to get aging vehicles off the road as the company’s emissions scandal evolves into an industrywide crackdown. The namesake VW brand will give back 2,000 euros to buyers of a new ...

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• 8 August

  As Toyota, Mazda scour US for plant, Mississippi opens arms

  

  Bloomberg As Toyota Motor Corp. and Mazda Motor Corp. begin to scour the US for where to put the first auto assembly plant announced under US President Donald Trump, one state looks like a frontrunner: Mississippi. The Magnolia State already is home to a Corolla factory that’s been producing the compact car for almost six years. Toyota and Mazda plan ...

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• 8 August

  Boeing, NASA aim to flying geese in bid to save fuel

  

  Bloomberg Boeing Co. and NASA have found an inexpensive way to cut airline fuel bills by borrowing a trick from the world’s greatest long-distance aviators: migratory birds. By lining up cruising aircraft in a V-shaped formation favoured by Canada geese, carriers would be able to produce a leap in efficiency without investing in structural makeovers or futuristic technology. The idea ...

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